Collapsible hairbrush



2 mg. 112, L924 A. c. MYERS COLLAPSIBLE HAIRBRUSH Filed March 8, 1922 F/fi, 22,

Patented Aug. 12, 1924.

ALFRED CLAYTON MYERS, 0F ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAPSIBLE HAIRBRUSH.

Application filed March 8, 1922. Serial No. 542,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ALFRED CLAYTON MYERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Hairbrushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and more particularly to an improved collapsible hair brush that is adapted to open and close similar to a book, whereby it may be carried in a vest pocket, or attached to the end of a watch chain and occupy a space not greater than small articles usually carried in one of the waist-coat pockets.

A. primary object of the invention is to provide a collapsible hair brush, constructed such that the bristles forming the brush are positioned in bars that are adapted to rotate sufiiciently to cause the bristles to occupy a vertical position when the brush is open, and to occupy a horizontal position when the brush is closed.

Another object of this invention is to provide means whereby the brush bars are readily removed when soiled or worn out, and replaced by new ones, thus maintaining at all times a sanitary toilet article. 4

A further object of this invention is to provide a combined brush cover and handle which, when the brush is closed, acts as a cover for the ends of the bristles, and when open acts as a handle that is adapted to be held when using the brush on the hair.

With these and other. objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention. is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully pointed out, illustrated and claimed.

It will of course be understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention. bee

' longs that the same is quite susceptible to a practical embodiment of the invention" is.

shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved brush, showing the same in an open position. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. of the parts shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the parts shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

Fig. 4 is an end view of my improved brush as it appears in a folded or collapsed position.

Fig. '5 is an elevational view of a cap that is adapted to be attached to the end of the two center bars of the brush.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figure 5 of the drawings.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the cap used on the end of the two center bars.

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the end cap used on the intermediate and outside brush bars. I

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the parts shown in Figure 8.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the end cap used on the opposite end from the one on which the cap shown in Figure 8 is used.

Fig. 11 is a part plan view of one of the brush bars showing the tenon which engages the end cap.

Fig. 12 is an end view of the parts shown in Figure 11 of the drawings.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying the present invention into ef fact it is proposed to provide a foldable brush device consisting of a relatively collapsible or folding pair of casing sections A and B, the same being adapted to open and close after the manner of a book and provided at theirfree edges with the supplemental cover members H hinged thereto as at w in any convenient and suitable manner.

As shown in the drawings the said sections A. and B are preferably pivotally or hingedlyconnected by the hinge members C, which may be in the form of the plates 1 having the internally threaded bosses 2 pro jecting from the outer faces thereof to fit into corresponding sockets in the inner side walls of the members A and B while the inner face thereof is provided with the mutilated gear portions 3 and the vertical slots 4 for receiving the medial brush bar unit D. This unit D preferably consists of the brush bars E and E connected by' the web portions F andthe said bars having at the ends thereofthe keys or tenons5 for fitting into the slots or sockets a. For the purpose of holding the bosses 2 in the socket of the end Walls of the casing sections A and B into which they fit the screws or other fastenings 6 may be provided.

It will thus be :apparent that when the screws '6 are fitted into the internally screw threaded portions of the bosses 2 so that the hinge members C connect the :members A and B, the latter may readily swing toward each other through an arc 'o-f'1 80-s'o that the faces a and 6 thereof may come into contact. Also, as shown the corner portions of thesectionsAandB may; be provided with intermeshing teeth as shown.

When the brush bariunit vD is-fitted to the hinge members Cit will be apparent that the said brush bars constitute in :efi'ect the continuation of the axes of the pivot screws 6, and constitute .more or less the pintles of the hinging structure. The brush bars E and 'E carry the radially projecting bristles or the like G which :projecttherefrom radially and always remain in :that position, so that when the sections A andB are folded toward each other the bottom walls thereof will be parallel with :theloristles G as shown in Figure 4. 7

Additional relatively shiftable brush bars E are carried in the sections or wings A and B of the brush. These brush bars :E have the bristle units G also projecting therefrom, and for the sake of lightness may be of the corrugated or serrated formation shown in the drawings. .The opposite ends of the brush bars E are fitted with the end caps 7 which have the slots 8 for deta'chably receiving the tenons 9 of the brush bars, thereby permitting of the detachment and replacement of the bars when desired, and the said ,end caps 7 are also provided with the offset journal bosses 10 which areinteriorly threaded to receive the pivot screws 11. ,These cap members 7 together with their bossesand the screws 11 are similarto the corresponding portions. of the hinged member C but are different therefrom in the respect that they are antatable to thereby circumferentially shift. the brush bars E In that connection it will be observed that in order to effect such a movement the: periphery of-the caps 7 are provided with a mutilated gear portion 12 which is adapted ,to engagewiththe shiftable rack 13 Thesaid rack 13 isslidahle inaiguide way 14in the inside face of the end wall of the casing section and inter- .meshes at one end with the mutilated gear portion 3 of the hinge member 16. -Oloviously a rack 13 may be provided for each section of the br shandwhen the said sections A andB arelmjoved toward each other with the pivot Q6 as an axis, the ita clrsl will be'idrawn toward the inner Eedges of theisectio'nsIand thereby have the iefi'edtiof rotating amp ere my th the by to also cause them to gmove through an arc vide a foldable or collapsible brush wherein the intermediate brush bars remain sta- "tionary or fixed while the wings rotate about the fixedaxis of said bars so that through the medium of the gear teeth on the hinged members and the racks 13 which engage with the teeth 12 of the end caps of the rotary brush bars, all of the bristles or spines of thebrush may be brought into alignment when one section is folded toward the other.

Without further description it is-thought that the features and advantages of the improvement will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and it williof course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A folding brush construction including a pair of box-like casing sections, hinge members for connecting .the adjacent sides of said sections, said hinge members each including a pivot axis about which the sections rotate, a duplex brush-carrying bar detachably fitted to said hinge members. gear teeth formed on said hinge members. a plurality of rotatable brush bar carrying members journaled in the side wall of the casing and each being provided with gear teeth, rack bars slidably guided in each section and meshing with; the gear teeth of said hinge members whereby relative movement of the sections on the hinge member will cause the rotation of said journal members, and brush carrying bars carried by said journal members.

2. A folding brushconstruction including a .pair of casing sections, means for 'iivotally connecting the sections. a fixed brush unit having radially projecting bristles arranged at the hinging axis of the sections. a plurality of relatively rotatably supported brush bars arranged vparallel to the said stationary brush bar and carried by the said sections, and means engaging with the rotatablebrush bars and also with the relativelyfixed hingemeans whereby movement ofone sectionrelative to the other will cause the brush bars to move and thereby bring the bristles of said barsinto alignment with the bristles of the relatively stationary brush lbarrs.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his atune.

ALFRED CLAYTON MYERS. 

